You wouldn’t expect to see a dramatization of our American Huck Finn in this film but it’s there because it is included in the Russian school curriculum. In this film we see how the Russian children go to school . . . garden . . . play . . . parade . . . visit museums and are galleries . . . and live in the summer Pioneer camps, comparable to our youth camping programs. (IFF promotional material)
Films » Children of Russia
Children of Russia
Summary:
Description:
Edited Film
Country/Location: Russia
Tribe or Group: N/A
Cinematographer: Julien Bryan, Jules Bucher
Production Company: IFF
Running Time: 13 min.
Years Filmed: 1930-1937
Decade Produced: 1930s (shot), 1940s (edited)
Years Distributed: 1946-49
Film Gauge: 35mm
Stock: B&W Nitrate
Footage Count: 485'
Sound: Narrated
Notes: Footage shot before WWII. 16mm reduction prints made from the 35mm nitrate negatives (no 35mm prints ever made). All footage for Children of Russia, How Russians Play, A Russian Children's Railway, and Peoples of the Soviet Union was shot during the same expedition.
